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Origin of climate sensitivity differences: role of selected radiative processes in two GCMs Cover

Origin of climate sensitivity differences: role of selected radiative processes in two GCMs

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Volume 59 (2007): Issue 2
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2006.00224.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 155 - 169
Submitted on: Jul 10, 2006
Accepted on: Dec 11, 2006
Published on: Jan 1, 2007
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2007 Benjamin A. Cash, Edwin K. Schneider, Lennart Bengtsson, published by Stockholm University Press
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